Historically black Ohio college permanently removes scandal-hit Bill Cosby's name from communications building

• Cosby and his wife had communications center named in their honor
• The couple had donated more than $2million to Central State University 
• School has been temporarily covering Camille O. & William H Cosby Communications Center sign since July 
• Now, it has decided to rename the building the CSU Commications Center
• CSU president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond branded scandal 'troublesome'

By Khaleda Rahman For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:24 EST, 14 September 2015 | Updated: 14:14 EST, 14 September 2015

Ohio’s Central State University has decided to remove all signs of disgraced comedian Bill Cosby from a building that was once dedicated to him.

Cosby and his wife Camille had a communications building named in their honor after donating more than $2million to the historically black college in Wilforce.

The school had been temporarily covering the Camille O. & William H. Cosby Communications Center sign since July as allegations of drugging, sexual assault and rape continued to pile up against the entertainer.

But in a statement on Friday, the university announced it will permanently remove the comedian’s name and the building has been renamed the CSU Communications Center.

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Ohio’s Central State University has decided to remove all signs of Bill Cosby (right) from a building that was once dedicated to him. CSU president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond (left) branded the scandal ‘troublesome'

The school had been temporarily covering the sign but has now decided to permanently remove Cosby's name

It read: 'The Central State University Board of Trustees has decided that the previously named Camille O. & William H. Cosby Mass Communications Center, better known as the Cosby Mass Communications Center, will now be called the CSU Mass Communications Center. 

'This supports the University's earlier decision to remove the 'Cosby' name from the building's signage.' 

Dozens women have claimed that Cosby sexually assaulted them, who has himself acknowledge that he acquired Quaaludes with the intention of giving them to women before sex.

CSU president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond branded the scandal surrounding Cosby ‘troublesome and disappointing to all’.

DailyMail.com has contacted Cosby's lawyer for comment.

Cosby and his wife Camille (pictured together in 2009) had the building named in their honor after donating more than $2million to the historically black college

Cosby and his wife Camille had a communications building (pictured) named in their honor after donating more than $2million to the historically black college in Wilforce, Ohio

The school had been temporarily covering the sign since July as allegations of drugging, sexual assault and rape continued to pile up against the entertainer

Cosby, pictured raising his NYU cap prior to the university's 165th commencement in 1997. Cosby, who received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree, has had his name removed from the school's popular film workshop for high school students

The school’s decision is the latest blow to Cosby’s tarnished reputation after his name was also removed from New York University’s popular film workshop for high school students.

Previously known as the William H. Cosby Future Filmmakers Workshop, spokesman Matt Nagel told the New York Times earlier this month that the decision was 'in light of recent events'. 

In July, Spelman College, a historically black women’s liberal arts school in Atlanta, discontinued a professorship endowed by the Cosbys and returned related funds.

The Cosbys had donated $20million to the school in 1988, which two their daughters attended. 

Cosby has also stepped down from the board of trustees of Philadephia's Temple University and was removed from the board of advisers of High Point University in North Carolina.

New York magazine photographed and interviewed 35 of Bill Cosby's accusers for a striking cover in July

More than 40 women have gone public in the past year alleging that the 78-year-old raped them.

In a stark illustration of the scale of his alleged offences, New York magazine photographed and profiled 35 of his accusers.

In a striking cover for its July issue, an empty chair next to the women sparked questions on how many more women may have similar allegations against the comedian. 

Los Angeles police are currently conducting a criminal investigation into the allegations.

Cosby, who has cancelled television projects and live shows due as a result of the allegations, has not yet been charged and most of the allegations cannot be prosecuted due to the statute of limitations.

He has admitted marital infidelity, but has denied criminal wrongdoing, insisting any sexual encounters were consensual.

In July, Cosby lost a bid to fend off a lawsuit that accused him of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974.

He will answer questions under oath at a deposition on October 9.

Sunni Welles (left) and Margie Shapiro (far right) both claim they were raped by Bill Cosby as teenagers

Barbara Bowman, who was an aspiring actress in the 1980s, says she 'was drugged half the time she was with' Cosby

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